2010 Schedule Highlights

As usual, we will have a full schedule of exciting events associated with the 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction and Winter Festival. Some highlights include:

-Jerseytown Burger Eat Off
-Elk Bugling
-Scrap Iron Toss
-Dog Sled Race (weather/time permitting)
-Salad Toss
-Beard Competition
-Ice Roping (weather/time permitting)
-Elk Toss
-Tour of Danville

Invitations

We've had enough issues with Evite over the years that we are trying a new online invitation website this year - socializr.com. Based on what I have heard, it is easier to use and hopefully we won't have the same issues as with Evite. If you know of a better alternative to Evite or Socializr, let us know.

Website Issues

If you have looked at our website recently, you will have noticed that most of the links do not work. We had been using Google Page Creator to host our pages, but Google ended that service and switched all the websites to Google Sites. This new service has less functionality, and the worst part is that it does not allow uploading of .html files to the website. That means all of our sub-pages do not work. If anyone has a solution (i.e. a suggestion for another free web hosting service), please email us.

Until then, we'll try to use the DGS Blog to spread the word about the 2010 Elk Toss.

2010 Elk Toss Date

We apologize for the lack of recent blog postings, but here's some news to make you forget about our idleness...

Mark your calendars...the 75th Annual Danville German Society Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival will be held on Saturday February 20, 2010 in, near, and around Danville.

Also we would like to announce that our Commercial Donations Liaison (formerly Goutweed Control Technician), Aaron Jensen, married Karen Hagemeier on 9/9/09.

Elk Toss Thanks

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2009 Elk Toss, and special thanks to the following people:

-The Wagner Family for hosting the event and supplying plates, forks, outhouse (and video camera), spoons, warmth, knives, guns, toilet paper, cups, scrap iron, and more
-Everyone who helped clean up
-Pam Shellenberger for collecting money and organizing events
-Jamey Canterbury for elk toss measuring
-Todd Summers, Van Wagner, Franz Klingermann, Steve Richard for auctioneering
-Fred Iobst for his awesome magic at the Pub II
-Slimfit for rocking out at the Pub II
-Aaron Jensen for general help and money collection, and for collecting commercial donations for the auction
-Everyone who helped bus auction items to the stage
-Joe McMonagle and Stoudts Brewery for supplying beverages
-Franz Klingermann for handling the elk
-Everyone who brought canned goods to donate
-Everyone who brought items to auction and/or bought items in the auction
-Everyone who brought food
-The Jerseytown Tavern for opening up early for us and cooking the massive burgers

Elk Toss Recap

More information can be found on the DGS website regarding the results of the 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction and Winter Festival.

On the website, you can find the following:

-Results
-Photos and Videos (once people email them to us)
-An Article from the Sunbury Daily Item

2009 Results

We apologize that it took this long to get the results on the blog. So without further ado, here are the results of the events at the 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction and Winter Festival:

Jerseytown Burger Eat Off
1st - Tim (4:05)
2nd - Tait

Elk Bugling
1st - Gunter Canterbury
2nd - Franz Klingermann
3rd - Karl Shellenberger

Scrap Iron Toss
1st - Pam Shellenberger
2nd (tie) - James Spayd and Dave McGovern

Dog Sled Race
1st - Wrench Ruggairo
2nd - Karl Shellenberger

Salad Toss
1st - Joe McMonagle and Unnamed Female

Beard Competition
1st - Aurelia Summers
2nd - Karl Shellenberger

Ice Roping
1st - Jean Fox
2nd - Karl Shellenberger

Elk Toss
1st - Chaz Wall - 51'9"
2nd (tie) - Mike Wilkinson and Franz Klingermann - 49'4"
4th - Joe McMonagle - 45'8"
5th - Jim - 44'0"
6th - Karl Shellenberger

These results are based on our notes from the events and our memories. Let us know if you feel they are incorrect or if you have additional information to add (i.e. last names or spelling corrections).

2009 Charity Totals

We have added up the money raised at the Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival and have determined that we will be donating a the following amounts to the following charities:

$750 to the Gatehouse Shelter in Danville
$600 to the Milagro House in Lancaster
$600 to the Centre County Women's Resource Center
$150 to the Montour County Recreation Authority Summer Concert Series
$200 to Heart-to-Hand Ministries
A canoe-load of food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank

The charities should be receiving their portion of the $2300 from us in the near future.

Also coming soon...a full recap of the Elk Toss and other events.

Another Successful Elk Toss

The 2009 Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival has been a success. We raised over $2300 for several charities, and had a great time in the process. We will provide more details soon. For now, check out the recap article from the Sunbury Daily Item.

Franz Klingermann

The all-time greatest Elk Toss champion, Franz Klingermann, will be returning again this year for the 75th year. Franz is a colorful character who has many interesting accomplishments during his life.